OMAHA, Neb. — Jared Rhoden scored 19 points and Alexis Yetna recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds to carry Seton Hall to a 65-60 win over Creighton. Ryan Kalkbrenner led the Bluejays on Saturday with 17 points and three blocks.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Eric Hunter Jr. scored 17 points and Sasha Stefanovic added 15 to help No. 8 Purdue rally past archrival Indiana 69-67. Zach Edey added 10 points and 11 rebounds as the Boilermakers snapped a season-high two-game losing streak. Xavier Johnson led the Hoosiers with
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — An 18-year-old football player has been charged in a shooting that wounded an administrator and a school resource officer at a suburban Kansas City high school. The Johnson County prosecutor’s office announced Saturday that Jaylon Desean Elmore is charged with attempted capital murder in the shooting
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH — Jack Clark had a career-high 30 points to carry La Salle to an 85-76 win over Duquesne, snapping the Explorers’ seven-game road losing streak. The Dukes’ Amir Spears scored a season-high 34.
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe had 27 points and 15 rebounds for his 25th double-double of the season, and No. 7 Kentucky beat Florida 71-63 to secure the No. 3 seed in next week’s Southeastern Conference Tournament. The Wildcats ended a two-game road skid in league play and
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Christopher Bell won the first pole of his career and will lead the field to green Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Bell turned a lap at 182.673 mph in Saturday qualifying to put his Toyota from Joe Gibbs Racing on the pole. NASCAR
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN The International Monetary Fund said it would bring Ukraine’s request for $1.4 billion in emergency financing to its executive board as early as next week, the IMF said Saturday. And it said countries with close economic ties to Russia are also at risk for shortages and supply disruptions. It is in
Continue ReadingNORFOLK, Va. — Kalu Ezikpe posted 14 points as Old Dominion edged past Middle Tennessee 68-64. Donovan Sims led the Blue Raiders with 18 points.
Continue ReadingBy MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Senior Lauren Ebo scored a career-best 17 points and Rori Harmon added 13 along and four steals to help No. 9 Texas extend its winning streak to eight games with a 65-50 victory against Oklahoma State in the final regular season game ever at the 45-year-old
Continue ReadingBRANSON, Mo. (AP) — A performer in the Missouri tourist town of Branson who convinced his audiences to donate thousands of dollars to a fake charity for foster children has been sentenced to five years of probation. The Springfield News-Leader reports that James Patrick Garrett also was ordered to pay $82,000 in restitution when he
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman plans to travel to her home country of Ukraine, within days of getting married this weekend. Maria and her fiancé, David, were married Saturday before about 20 people, and she plans to board a flight to Poland on Monday and find
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Cuando la encontraron después de una búsqueda de tres semanas en 2016, una mujer del norte de California le dijo a la policía que había sido secuestrada y marcada por dos mujeres que la tenían encadenada en un armario. Ella dio una historia elaborada de su secuestro y ofreció
Continue ReadingCNN By Tamara Qiblawi and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN A volley of machine-gun fire erupted just as Andriy Abba’s family raised a toast to celebrate his 30th birthday in Kherson. Wine glass in hand, he rushed with his parents and younger brother to the basement. Outside, Russian troops were in the final throes of occupying their
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN A volley of machine-gun fire erupted just as Andriy Abba’s family raised a toast to celebrate his 30th birthday in Kherson. Wine glass in hand, he rushed with his parents and younger brother to the basement. Outside, Russian troops were in the final throes of occupying their city
Continue ReadingJERSEY CITY, N.J. — KC Ndefo registered 14 points, seven rebounds and six blocks as St. Peter’s topped Fairfield 57-41. Jesus Cruz led the Stags with 11 points.
Continue ReadingSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jordan Miller scored six of his 25 points in the final 25 seconds and finished with season-high 13 rebounds, Kameron McGusty had 15 of his 19 points after halftime and Miami scored the final 10 points in a 75-72 win over Syracuse in the regular season finale for both teams. Isaiah
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN Weaver Olena Shevtsova sells handmade Slavic and Ukrainian patterned belts, sashes, scarves and even guitar straps online to support her family, but since Russian forces moved into her country, she’s used her skills to help make camouflage webbing to protect Ukrainian troops. “I call us the spider women,” she said of
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — All-Star guard Luka Doncic sat out the Dallas Mavericks’ home game against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday because of a left toe sprain. Doncic ranks sixth in the NBA in scoring, 18th in rebounding and fifth in assists. The Mavericks entered the game 31-16 this season with Doncic in the lineup and
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER NIUMATA Associated Press France, Spain and Argentina have eased into the Davis Cup Finals while Belgium has scraped past host Finland 3-2 in the qualifiers on Saturday. Australia also came from behind to beat Hungary 3-2 in Sydney. France ticked all of its boxes in defeating Ecuador 4-0 in Pau. Spain took out
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El portaaviones estadounidense USS Harry S Truman se ha ubicado esta semana en el norte del Mar Egeo en parte para asegurarse de que puede llevar a cabo operaciones de vuelo desde allí si las tensiones se intensifican en la región debido a la invasión rusa de Ucrania, según un funcionario
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